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Non-cash operating items | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Disclosure Changes In Non Cash Operating Items [Abstract] |
Non-cash operating items | Non-cash operating items The changes in non-cash operating items consist of the following:
|  |  |  |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Accounts receivable |  |  |  |  | $ | (56,751) |  |  | $ | (52,778) |
Fuel and natural gas in storage |  |  |  |  | (43,642) |  |  | 237 |
Supplies and consumables inventory |  |  |  |  | 445 |  |  | 1,058 |
Income taxes recoverable |  |  |  |  | (3,025) |  |  | (3,440) |
Prepaid expenses |  |  |  |  | (1,189) |  |  | (15,411) |
Accounts payable |  |  |  |  | (33,399) |  |  | 40,885 |
Accrued liabilities |  |  |  |  | 31,845 |  |  | (29,150) |
Current income tax liability |  |  |  |  | 4,363 |  |  | 3,818 |
Asset retirements and environmental obligations |  |  |  |  | (1,185) |  |  | 3,562 |
Net regulatory assets and liabilities |  |  |  |  | (419,484) |  |  | (26,260) |
|  |  |  |  | $ | (522,022) |  |  | $ | (77,479) |

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